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Species Sylvicola fenestralis - Window Gnat

Diptera Nematocera Fam Anisopodidae - Sylvicola fenestralis

Wood Gnat - Sylvicola fenestralis - female

Sylvicola fenestralis? - Sylvicola fenestralis

Sylvicola sp - Sylvicola fenestralis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Bibionomorpha (Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies)

Family Anisopodidae (Wood Gnats)

Subfamily Anisopodinae

Genus Sylvicola

No Taxon (subgenus Sylvicola)

Species fenestralis (Window Gnat)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tipula fenestralis Scopoli, 1761

Explanation of Names

From the Latin word for window

Range

Northern USA, Canada, northern Europe and Asia

Contributed by John F. Carr on 3 February, 2012 - 6:10pm
Last updated 13 May, 2012 - 7:44pm

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